A payment either on goods, vehicles, or persons passing a particular point, e.g. a bridge, ford, gate, or quay, or on the buying and selling of goods at a market or fair. (Reynolds, Susan. An Introduction to the History of English Medieval Towns, 200)

Calls for which subscribers incur a charge because the location called is outside their local service calling area. Toll calls can be intrastate or interstate calls, but the interstate toll calls are often referred to as long distance calls.

The Toll genes encode members of the Toll-like receptor class of proteins. ("Toll" is German for "amazing" or "mad".) Toll genes were originally identified in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in 1988. Since then, eleven known mammalian Toll genes have been identified.

Canal tolls were based on the distance travelled, the tonnage and the type of cargo. The charges varied from canal to canal, some tolls having set maximum due to the Act of Parliament under which the canal was authorised, and some categories of goods